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An event on ‘Potential for Expanding India-Iran Trade' held in Tehran on 13 March 2019

Event on ‘Potential for expanding India-Iran trade’

March 13, 2019

The Embassy of India organized an event on “Potential for expanding India-Iran trade” in collaboration with the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) on March 13, 2019. The event was addressed by Ambassador and attended by around 100 participants, which included Iranian and Indian businessmen, representatives from Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ICCIMA. Iranian businessmen were informed about the Rupee payment mechanism between India’s UCO Bank and Iran’s non sanctioned banks having Vostro accounts with the former. They were also informed that the Indian bank, IDBI would also handle rupee transactions with Iran shortly. An informative booklet on the subject, prepared by the Embassy of India was also distributed to the participants. The participants were asked to explore different states of India for business relationships and display stands of different states were also put up at the venue of the event.

Ambassador of India, H.E. Shri Gaddam Dharmendra addressing the participants during the event

Participants in the event that included members of Indian and Iranian business community

Display stand of Arunachal Pradesh in the venue of the event. Display stands of Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya, Tripura, Orissa, Karnataka and Telangana were placed around the venue during the event.

Display stand of Jammu & Kashmir in the venue of the event. Display stands of Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Tripura, Orissa, Karnataka and Telangana were placed around the venue during the event.